Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 13:40
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 262 95% 168 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 813 75% 626 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 119 Parallax 116 90% 115 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 105 Splatting 85.5 78% 96.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1139 1142 1135 1145 1128 1103 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1277 Write 1,157 Mixed 583 SusWrite 1,132 233% 1,037 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 55.1 229% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,149 DQ Write 1051 DQ Mixed 998 776% 1,066 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 292%
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 41GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 641 635 629 627 638 628 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,748 Write 647 Mixed 641 SusWrite 633 202% 917 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 56.9 226% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,103 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 410 372% 591 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 214%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 92GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 466 466 461 459 450 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 417 Mixed 369 SusWrite 461 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 63.9 192% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 206GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 421 417 419 418 417 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 414 Mixed 376 SusWrite 418 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 64 213% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 10GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 23 23 23 23 23 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	23% Poor	Read 88 Write 31.7 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 22.4 52% 45.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 3 168% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 31%
Seagate BUP RD 4TB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 682GB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 117 118 118 117 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 99.2 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 116 133% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 186% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 31 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 130%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	458x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	68x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	139x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	62x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	48x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 12,409 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16